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On 25th of May, all TIC industry leaders will gather in Brussels for TIC Council's Global Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting. In the afternoon, TIC Council is organising its annual TIC Summit, titled "How to reach net zero in an uncertain world: Will the EU’s ambitious policy framework speed up decarbonisation across the globe?that will bring together EU and international organisations, policymakers, and industry representatives from around the world to discuss whether the EU Green Deal will encourage similar action from regulators in other regions. 

We will kick off with a view of the challenge of climate change and the need to decarbonise our global economy, from renowned futurologist Ray Hammond. A high-level institutional speaker will then provide an overview of the steps EU legislators have taken towards providing a framework for a measurable reduction in carbon emissions across all sectors.

A panel discussion will then examine in greater depth how carbon removal schemes across the world can and must evolve. The EU’s recent proposal of a certification framework for carbon removals is the first such framework to verify the authenticity of removals. What should monitoring, reporting and verification of removal schemes look like, and will other regions in the world follow the EU’s example?

Please note that the deadline to register is 15 May 2023.

Details

Start: 25 May 2023
08:30
End: 25 May 2023
23:00
TIC Council

The Hotel Brussels

Boulevard de Waterloo 38
1000 Bruxelles Bruxelles
Belgium

Speakers

Ray Hammond

Futurist
Ray Hammond
  • Ray Hammond

    Born to Irish parents, Ray Hammond was brought up and educated in West London, U.K.  At 17 he left formal education early to train as a junior news reporter.

    In 1980 Ray sold all of his shareholdings in the publishing company and advertising agency to concentrate on a full-time career as a futurist, writer, speaker and broadcaster.  

    In 1986 his ground-breaking publication The Modern Frankenstein became the first book to predict the importance of DNA analysis, genetic engineering, cloning and the emergence of super-intelligent machines that may become rivals to the human species later in the 21st Century.
    In 1996 his international best-seller Digital Business provided a blueprint for Web commerce and provided a business plan template for on-line tech start-ups. Ray Hammond continues to study the key trends of the present which are likely to shape the future.  These include global population growth, climate change, the energy crisis, globalization, the multiple revolutions occurring in medical/pharmaceutical science, accelerating, exponential technology development and the future of the world’s poorest two billion people.

    Ray Hammond now provides keynote speeches, lectures and workshops for companies, governments and universities all over the world.  He is a guest lecturer at Oxford University’s Oxford-Martin School, CASS Business School and Lund University. He is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).  In 2017 Ray was appointed a member of the Science Fiction Advisory Council (SFAC) of the XPRIZE.

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Dr.-Ing. Michael Fübi

Chairman of the Executive Board of Management / President of TIC Council
TÜV Rheinland
Dr.-Ing. Michael Fübi
  • Dr.-Ing. Michael Fübi

    Dr.-Ing. Michael Fübi has been the Chairman of the Executive Board of Management of TÜV Rheinland AG since 2015.

    Dr.-Ing. Michael Fübi began his professional career in 1995 at Babcock Borsig. In 1998, he became the spokesman for the Executive Board of the WABAG Group within the corporate group, and subsequently held leadership roles at Babcock Borsig. In 2002, Dr.-Ing. Michael Fübi transferred to the RWE Group, where, among other things, he led the Climate Protection division for RWE Power before being appointed to RWE Technology's Executive Board in 2010. Dr.-Ing. Michael Fübi was initially the Chief Technical Officer on the Executive Board, and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer in 2012.

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Christian Holzleitner

Head of Unit, Land Economy and Carbon Removals at DG CLIMA
European Commission
Christian Holzleitner
  • Christian Holzleitner

    Christian Holzleitner is currently Head of Unit responsible for Land economy and Carbon removals at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action. Previously, he worked as Head of Unit for Finance for Innovation and Land Use and assistant to the Director-General for Climate Action covering all issues related to EU and international climate policy; and at the Directorate-General for Competition in the area of State aid for services of general economic interest in the postal, transport, and health sectors.

    Before joining the European Commission, Christian worked as senior manager with KPMG Germany on international transfer pricing.

    Christian is an economist and holds a PhD from the University of Linz (Austria).

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Caroline Ploux

Senior Manager Public Affairs Europe
Mars
Caroline Ploux
  • Caroline Ploux

    Caroline is currently working for Mars in the Brussels-based Government Relations Service Center. She has been with Mars since 2016, working in different parts of the business (e.g., Pet Care, Confectionary) and in different roles. In her previous role she worked in R&D on sustainability programs, developing her knowledge on climate and circularity related issues. She is passionate about sustainability topics and led by a desire to create mutual outcomes with stakeholders.

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Francesca Cerchia

Global Segment Manager for Auditing & Compliance Solutions
SGS
  • www.sgs.com
  • Francesca Cerchia

    Francesca M. Cerchia has over 25 years of experience in environmental markets with a focus on climate change and its instruments, energy and carbon. With SGS she has first covered the role of Global Commercial Manager for the Climate Change Programme with a focus on project-based schemes (Clean Development Mechanism, Gold Standard and VCS), moved into a Global Product Manager position for Carbon and Water Solutions and she is now the Global Segment Manager for Auditing & Compliance Solutions. In this role she is globally responsible for climate change and decarbonisation solutions, including but not limited to GHG emissions verification for corporates (ISO 16064-1, PAS2060, GHG Protocol), mandatory reporting (EU ETS and aviation), and products (ISO 14067 and LCAs). She is also globally responsible for EHS auditing and compliance solutions, energy audits and Green Building Schemes. Prior to joining SGS, she has been Senior Manager Carbon Markets with GDF Suez International for Latin America and Managing Director of Econergy International Corporation (A GDF-Suez International Group company – now Engie). There she developed, managed and delivered on carbon offset projects and organisational carbon footprints, emission mitigation strategies and carbon management plans across different business sectors. Francesca has an MA in Politics and Administration for the College of Europe, Bruges, and an MBA from Thuderbird, The American Graduate School for International Management. English and Italian mother tongue, she is proficient in French, Spanish and Portuguese.

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Jennifer Scanlon

President & CEO / Vice President, TIC Council
UL Solutions
  • www.ul.com
  • Jennifer Scanlon

    Prior to becoming CEO in September 2019, she served as president and CEO of USG Corporation, a manufacturer of innovative building products. During her 16 years at USG, she also served as chief information officer (CIO), and head of Corporate Strategy. She led the company through a major international expansion, transformed the role of technology in driving operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, and invested in research to develop sustainable building materials. Data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence were key drivers in the transformation of USG’s understanding of and ability to serve its customers. She began her career at IBM. Her experience will be central to building new offerings, opening new markets, and creating the next generation of solutions at UL Solutions.

    Scanlon is a fierce advocate for STEM education. She is also dedicated to increasing diversity in the science, technology, engineering and math fields, enabling greater organizational diversity and improving the ability of organizations to fully understand and meet the needs of a diverse stakeholder base.

    Scanlon serves on the board of Norfolk Southern Corporation and the board and executive committee of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She is a member of The Chicago Network, the Economic Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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Mr. WU Gang

Minister Counsellor
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Kingdom of Belgium
Mr. WU Gang
  • Mr. WU Gang

    Mr. Wu Gang was born in Jiangsu Province in 1974. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and has had an extensive career in the Chinese government.

    From 1996 to 2018, Mr. WU worked in the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. During this time, he served as the Third Secretary at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Japan from 2000 to 2004 and later as the Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco from 2008 to 2013. From 2013 to 2018, he served as Section Chief and later Associate Counsel at the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council.

    In 2018, Mr. WU entered the General Office of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, where he served as an Associate Counsel until September 2021. From September 2021 to May 2022, he served as the Deputy Director General of the General Office of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee. Currently, he is the Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Belgium.

    Mr. WU is married and has one daughter.

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